The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) is closed as of the declaration of Condition of Readiness 2. DPHSS provides the following update for their services.

DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH: Northern and SouthernRegional Community Health Center
The Northern Regional Community Health Center (NRCHC) in Dededo and the SouthernRegional Community Health Center (SRCHC) in Inarajan will opentoday at 2:00pm and for the duration of the storm for non-emergency cases.
The limited services that will be provided include the following:

Patients who need power to connect to operate their oxygen machines will need to bring their oxygen machines to the center. They should also bring necessities such as food, drinks, and any required medication. Please bring only one individual to accompany you to the center.

A doctor will be available to treat patients who need non-emergency care (light wounds, & minor injuries). If you are experiencing a life-threatening condition, please call 911.

It is anticipated that by 2:00pm, Transportation Services will also cease their operations.

In addition to today’s delivery of a warm meal, two days of Nutrition Services, dry goods, will be provided to our seniors who are homebound. The two days of dry goods is for Thursday, 10.25.18 and Friday, 10.26.18.

To report abuse against a senior (age 60 and older) or adult with a disability (age 18 years and older), on weekdays after 5:00 p.m. through 8:00 a.m., weekends and holidays, please contact the Crisis Intervention Hotline at 632-8853.

DIVISION OF PUBLIC WELFARE: Bureau of Economic Security (BES)
All appointments scheduled during closure or when COR 2 is declared (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid Program, Medically Indigent Program, and Cash Assistance Program) will be rescheduled once normal operations resume.

For rescheduling of appointments please call 735-7245 or 735-7274 for Central, 635-7429 or 635-7488 for Dededo, and 828-7542 or 828-8524 for Inarajan, once BES normal operations resume.

DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: Food Safety Health Certificate Training Course
DEH would like to announce to all Health Certificate applicants who were scheduled to attend the Food Safety Health Certificate Training Course, at no cost, on the following dates -- see new schedule at the bottom.

All Food Safety Health Certificate Training Courses will resume as normal when Guam returns to Condition of Readiness 4.

All holders of Health Certificate that expired, or will be expiring on October 24 - 25, will still be honored until November 25, 2018. Should you have any questions, please contact the Division of Environmental Health at 735-7205 or 300-9579.

U.S. RENAL CARE DIALYSIS CENTERS
All U.S. Renal Care Dialysis Centers will close Thursday, October 25th in the morning. Dialysis treatments will resume once the centers re-open.

Patients are being contacted by dialysis staff members regarding their treatment schedule.

X Flooding is a temporary overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry. Flooding may happen with only a few inches of water, or it may cover a house to the rooftop. There are many possible causes of floods including heavy rain, coastal storms and storm surge, waterway overflow from being blocked with debris, or overflow of levees, dams, or waste water systems. Flooding can occur slowly over many days or happen very quickly with little or no warning, called flash floods.

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Typhoons/Hurricanes are massive storm systems that form over the water and move toward land. Threats from typhoons/hurricanes include high winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge, coastal and inland flooding, and rip currents.

“Hurricanes” form in the Atlantic Northeast Pacific region and “Typhoons” form in the Northwest Pacific Region. These large storms are call cyclones in other parts of the world.

X Hazardous materials come in the form of explosives, flammable and combustible substances, poisons and radioactive materials. Hazards can occur during production, storage, transportation, use, or disposal. You and your community are at risk if a chemical is used unsafely or released in harmful amounts in the environement where you live, work or play.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Definition of Terrorism

Under Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002:

The term ‘‘terrorism’’ means any activity that— (A) involves an act that— (i) is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources; and (ii) is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State or other subdivision of the United States; and (B) appears to be intended— (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.

X Tsunamis, also known as seismic waves (mistakenly called “tidal waves”), are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite. Earthquake-induced movement of the ocean floor most often generate tsunamis. If a major earthquake or landslide occurs close to shore, the first wave in a series could reach the beach in a few minutes, even before a warning is issued.